Vincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa

Vincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa (16 July 1808 – 12 January 1889) was an Italian statesman who become President of the Senate after Italian unification.

Vincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa
8th President of the Senate
In office
5 December 1870  20 September 1874
Preceded byGabrio Casati
Succeeded byLuigi Des Ambrois
Personal details
Born(1808-07-16)16 July 1808
Trapani, Kingdom of Sicily
Died12 January 1889(1889-01-12) (aged 80)
Palermo, Kingdom of Italy
NationalityItalian
Political partyModerate Party
(1848–1861)
Historical Right
(1861–1873)
ProfessionPolitician

Life

Born in Trapani, was Count and Marquis of Torrearsa. He was a protagonist of the Italian Risorgimento. In Sicilian revolution of 1848 was president of Sicilian Parliament. Fardella was then in exile in Turin, London and Nice.

In 1860 following the expedition of Giuseppe Garibaldi's Mille was minister in the Dictatorship of Garibaldi. In 1861 he was elected Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies and soon after appointed Senator of the Kingdom.

In 1870, after the capture of Rome, he was elected president of the Senate of Italy, the first in Palazzo Madama, until 1874.

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